Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Incirrata > Superfamily Octopodoidea > Family Octopodidae > Genus Octopus

Octopus elegans Brock, 1887

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: nom. dub.

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OctopusCuvier, 1798accepted genus name
Polypus Leach, 1817 synonym

Literature

original description

Brock, J. (1887). Indische Cephalopoden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 2: 591-614.

status source

Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus elegans Brock, 1887. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:535620

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Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2019-11-01 by Frank Köhler

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